$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 387 (Total Entries: 756)

The field continues to fill in with nearly three hours remaining in registration open until 6:30 pm. We are going to chase 400 entries before the shut down the flight and that will get us closer to the $1,000,000 mark.

Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade is a local legend and the WPTDeepStacks ambassador grabbed a seat this afternoon. He has his fair share of poker accomplishments including a WSOP bracelet, WSOP Circuit ring, and more than $1.6 million in career earnings.

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante | Structure
Players Remaining: 52 of 162

Registration has closed on the Seniors event and the $300 buy-in tournament created a huge field. The tournament drew 162 entries, a huge boost from last year’s participation, and they pushed the prize pool up to $41,310.

The last 21 players will take home some of that money with a min-cash earning $538 and the Seniors Event champion banking $10,981 along with the LHPO trophy.

2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 162
Prize Pool: $41,310
January 12, 2018

1st: $10,981 + Trophy
2nd: $7,194
3rd: $4,238
4th: $2,580
5th: $1,991
6th: $1,650
7th: $1,429
8th: $1,260
9th: $1,098
10th – 12th: $950
13th – 15th: $806
16th – 18th: $669
19th – 21st: $538

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 373 (Total Entries: 742)

Players returned to their seats and everyone is chasing the big stack of SHRP regular Qasem Jamhour. He pushed his stack up to 132,000 over the first six levels and is the only player currently over the 100,000 mark.

Top stacks:

1. Qasem Jamhour – 132,000 (330 bb)
2. Giovanni Abate – 85,500 (214 bb)
3. Jamie Sequeira – 82,425 (206 bb)
4. Lev Parnas – 80,780 (202 bb)
5. Steve Karp – 77,100 (193 bb)
6. Joe Boatwright – 77,000 (193 bb)
7. Will Valladares – 76,000 (190 bb)
8. Wendy Freedman – 73,900 (185 bb)
9. Tony Collichio – 73,000 (183 bb)
10. Drew Johnson – 72,000 (180 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 360 (Total Entries: 729)

Flight B players are hitting the exits and will have a chance to relax for 15 minutes on their second break of the day. We expected to see a smaller number in today’s flight over yesterday’s but it’s looking like we’ll easily top the 369 entries from Flight A.

That’s a great pace for the $1 Million Guarantee.

We found SHRP regular Michael Newman in today’s crowd and he is our most recent big champion. Newman captured the biggest title of his career when he won the 2017 RRPO Championship in November for just shy of $375,000.

More than ten times his next biggest cash.

It’s no wonder Newman is all smiles.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 335 (Total Entries: 704)

Chino Rheem claimed victory in the April 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown WPT Finale right here in Hollywood. For his efforts in the unique, $10,000 buy-in freeze-out, Rheem earned a top prize of more than $700,000.

That was just a small success in Rheem’s laundry list of tournament accomplishments which includes 11 wins and more than $8,800,000 in earnings.

Rheem is among the field here in Flight B of the WPTDeepStacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open opener and hopes to add to those impressive sums come Tuesday’s final table.

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 200/40 with a 50 ante | Structure
Entries: 150

Across the hall in the meeting rooms is the $300 buy-in Seniors Event. Last year’s tournament drew a solid field of 76 entries and this year’s event has already blown that figure out of the water. With just over 20 minutes left in Level 7, the clock shows 150 players in the 50+ game and it’s all but doubled last year’s figure.

Registration and re-entry are available until about 3:30pm and the count should only tick up between now and then. Full prize pool information and payout details will be posted when they’re finalized.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 307 (Total Entries: 676)

Coming as no surprise, one of Seminole Hard Rock’s most loyal grinders, Wally Maddah, made the trek from his home city of Tampa and is in the game here in Flight B. Maddah, who arrived in town too late last night to get in the action, claims more than $300,000 in reported earnings including five tournament wins and multiple scores over $30,000.

The entry count crossed 300 just a few moments ago and the combined field now sits comfortably over 650.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 288 (Total Entries: 657)

The entry count has taken a big jump since break with the board showing a field of 228 in Flight B as of now. There’s a number of big stacks emerging following the first recess with Mark Dube appearing to top them all.

Dube enjoys holdings of roughly 66,000 and edges out the trio of Derrick Simon, Qasem Jamhour and Marcos Exterkotter who also top 60,000.

Here’s a look at some of the stacks around the room:

• Mark Dube – 66,000
• Derrick Simon – 65,500
• Qasem Jamhour – 63,000
• Marcos Exterkotter – 62,500
• Marc Evanier – 55,000
• Steve Karp – 54,000
• Marvin Young – 54,000
• Armando Figueroa – 52,000
• David Shmuel – 49,500
• Jeffrey Saunders – 45,500
• Wendy Freedman – 44,500
• Jamie Sequeira – 44,500
• Michael Graffeo – 42,500
• Gregor Fishberg – 42,500
• David Inselberg – 41,500
• Joseph Palma – 41,500
• Daren Stabinski – 40,500
• Patrick Eskandar – 37,000
• Amelio Amato – 35,000
• Jacquelyn Scott – 33,500
• Staffan Lind – 32,500
• Spencer Champlin – 28,500
• Chad Eveslage – 27,000
• Bryce McVay – 24,500
• Nagui Yassa – 24,000
• Chino Rheem – 23,000
• Tim Reilly – 22,000
• Matt Affleck – 21,500
• Zoltan Czinkota – 21,000
• William McIntyre – 20,500
• Robert Hodson – 19,500
• Steve McKoy – 17,500
• David Poces – 15,500

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 3: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 256 (Total Entries: 625)

Players in Flight B of the $1,000,000 guaranteed WPTDeepStacks opener are in the midst of their first break of the day. Cards go back in the air at roughly 1:15pm local time and we’ll take a look at some of the notable stacks at that time.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 245 (Total Entries: 614)

Yesterday’s strong turnout has filtered into today’s play as Flight B is just a few entries ahead of Flight A’s pace. The clock shows 245 to this point (yesterday had 240) with lat registration and re-entry available until about 6:30pm. As is, the combined field sits at over 600 entries.